M: Hello everyone! Welcome back to another lesson with us here at EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re going back to school. E: That’s right. We’re talking about my least favorite subject. M: Hehe. That would be math. E: That’s right. M: Okay, so, we’re gonna be talking about math. Now, I know that many of you, of course, know math. E: Right. M: But do you know the operations in English? E: Many people find it hard to find the right words to talk about math in English. M: Right, so, that’s what we’re gonna be looking at today. E: And we’ll also look at some names, that you can call people, who are really, really, really smart. M: Hehe. So, let’s listen to our dialogue for the first time and then we’ll come back and look at those math words. DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME M: Alright, so, that’s one smart little girl, ha? E: Yeah, pretty smart. Actually, smarter than me in math. M: Hehe. Alright, so, let’s take a look at some of those words, that the teacher used to ask her about certain operations in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: Okay, so, like we said, you guys know how to do math. And you know the words in your language, but maybe in English it’s a little bit harder to find the right word, so, let’s look at those now. M: Okay, so, let’s look at the first question that she asked. What’s four plus eleven? E: Four plus eleven. M: Okay, plus. E: Plus. M: Ah, alright, so, four plus eleven, Erica, is? E: Uh, let me take a look at here, um, fifteen. M: Fifteen, okay, so, we are adding, right? E: Yes. M: So, that’s how you would say. Let’s go with an easy one: two plus two. E: Four. M: Four, right? E: Yeah. M: Or five plus five. E: Ten. M: Ten, okay. E: You’re really testing my skills. M: Hehe. So, that’s how you would add numbers. E: Now, what about taking away numbers? M: Okay, so, taking away or subtracting. Alright, let’s test you again. In the dialogue she said “fifty six minus sixty”. E: Fifty six minus sixty equals negative four. M: Okay, minus, so that’s negative, right? E: Minus. M: So… and of course, if you have fifty six apples and you take away sixty, you’re left with… E: Negative four… M: Negative four. E: Well, actually, you’re left with zero apples. M: Hehe. Yeah, exactly. Now, that answer is also interesting - negative four. E: Negative four. M: That means minus four, right? E: Four less than zero. M: Four less than zero, very good, negative four. Okay, so now, for our next operation. Twelve times twelve. E: Twelve times twelve. M: Twelve times twelve. E: No, Macro, don’t ask me the answer. M: Hehe. Alright, twelve times twelve equals a hundred and forty four. Now, that’s multiplying. E: Right, or multiplication.